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Free
Things On The Internet:
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Free web hosting on the internet (Part 1)
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- 8m.com & FreeServers.com
- offers more features than many paid hosting services:
- 20MB of web space--plenty of room for your web site!
- Customized domain name
- Unlimited Email Addresses
- Direct FTP access
- Free Access Counter
- Free Guestbook
- Easy File Manager
| Your
address |
Space,
MB |
E-mail |
Upload |
CGI |
Host's
ads |
Revenue
capabilities
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| Subdom |
12 |
Forw |
FTP&Br |
Set |
Yes |
Yes |
http://www.freeservers.com
04/23/00
- RedRival Internet
Services-
Personal & Business hosting include these
features: No forced advertising or popups on users' sites! FTP
24/7! Easy uploading with FTP! FREE Web Space for you to create
a web site! FREE 20 megabytes of space! FREE Email Address - Coming
Soon! EASY Web page development with our On-Line Web Site Management
programs. Simple & Fast GateWay to the Internet! Use us as your
StartUp page! We have ALL of the best sites linked! And MANY,
many more features! We will continually offer more services as
we grow!
| Your
address |
Space,
MB |
E-mail |
Upload |
CGI |
Host's
ads |
Revenue
capabilities
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| / |
20 |
Yes |
FTP |
No |
No |
Yes |
http://www.redrival.com
10/16/99
- DreamWater.com-
Free 30MB Web space (and more if you need it!), free Guestbook,
free Chat Board, free Web Page Builder, free Web Page Templates,
free Clip Art, fast Server, simple URL (http://dreamwater.com/yourname),
unlimited Bandwidth, unlimited Hits and no annoying Pop-Up Banners
!
| Your
address |
Space,
MB |
E-mail |
Upload |
CGI |
Host's
ads |
Revenue
capabilities
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| / |
30 |
No |
Br |
No |
No |
Yes |
http://dreamwater.com
09/04/99
- Virtual Avenue
- Virtual Avenue offers free virtual domain hosting for your web
site. No setup fee, no monthly charge. The only thing you need
to do is displaying their sponsor's advertising banner on the
top of each of your web pages.
| Your
address |
Domain
http://www.you.com of subdomain http://you.virtualave.net |
| Space |
20
MB |
| E-mail |
They
provide email forwarding for your entire domain. Your address
will look like this: someone@you.com or someone@www.you.com,
where "someone" can be any name, and the email
will be forwarded to your real email address of your choice.
If you only have sub domain, then your domain name part
will be @subdomain.virtualave.net or @www.subdomain.virtualave.net.
You actually will have unlimited email addresses for your
account. |
| Upload |
FTP.
You can use Netscape or FrontPage for publishing. |
| CGI |
Full
CGI capabilities. Allows you to install your own CGI scripts
in you own CGI directory. They are currently running Perl
5.004. |
| Host's
ads |
Pop
up ads are automatically displayed in new windows. |
| Revenue
capabilities |
No
limitations. You can put as many banners as you want on
your pages. |
| Additional
capabilities (totally) |
| SSI |
Server
side include is available. File names with server side include
must have extension ".shtml". |
| Security |
They
don't support secure HTTP (SSL, HTTPS) |
| Reliability
& accessability |
Their
servers are connected to the Internet through multiple OC-3
lines and are guaranteed a 99% uptime. |
| FrontPage |
You
can use FrontPage98 for publishing but they don't support
FrontPage98 server extensions. |
| Frames |
No
limitations |
| Removal
if idle |
No
limitations |
| File
size limit |
Non
of your files should be larger than 1.2 Mb. Any file larger
than 1.2 Mb will be automatically deleted. |
| Other
restrictions |
Common |
| Tech
support |
Very
limited for free sites |
| Comment |
If
you need a real domain (http://www.yourname.com), Virtual
Avenue will provide free service to register it for you
(if it is new), but you will be billed by InterNIC for $70.00
(InterNIC charges $70 per domain name at registration time
for two year and $35/year after two years). |
http://www.virtualave.net
03/04/01
- ProHosting
- This free web space is to be used for good personal
and business web pages. No hacking/porn/warez related sites allowed.
| Your
address |
http://free.prohosting.com/~you |
| Space |
10
MB |
| E-mail |
POP3.
Your email address will be you@thor.prohosting.com |
| Upload |
FTP |
| CGI |
Full
CGI capabilities. Allows you to install your own CGI scripts
in you own CGI directory. |
| Host's
ads |
Popup
on each page
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| Revenue
capabilities |
No
limitations. You are allowed to put paid Ad Banners on your
pages. |
| Additional
capabilities (totally) |
| SSI |
Custom
server side include is available. |
| FrontPage |
They
don't support FrontPage 98 extensions for our free users
but do it for the paying customers |
| Frames |
No
limitations |
| Removal
if idle |
No
limitations |
| Other
restrictions |
Common |
| Comment |
Rather
long period before your account becomes activated. Usually
a couple of weeks to set it up because of the numerous amount
of people that are at Free ProHosting. |
http://free.prohosting.com
07/11/99
- Hypermart - That's what HyperMart
declares about itself:"HyperMart is a free hosting provider for
businesses and non-profit organizations. Our services are intended
to help people establish their company in the online community.
We provide a list of features usually not found among free business-hosting
providers."
| Your
address |
You
are able to host a domain name (http://www.you.com)
or a sub domain name (http://you.hypermart.net).
If you wish to host a domain name, you will be able to register
a new domain name or transfer your existing domain name.
Regardless of the method that you choose (domain or sub
domain), it is free to host your business site at Hypermart.
Keep in mind that if you want to register and host a new
domain name, InterNIC will bill you $35 per year. They use
Non-IP virtual hosting. This means that they do not assign
a unique IP address to each domain. |
| Space |
10
MB |
| E-mail |
They
offer Unlimited email aliasing with one forwarding account
and an auto-responder for use with your email account. This
will allow you to forward the mail that is sent to your
domain to a "real" E-mail address where you can
read it. |
| Upload |
One
FTP account for administrative purposes |
| CGI |
CGI
access from anywhere on your account. You are able to run
CGI Scripts written in a scripting language called Perl
4 and 5. CGI enables you to add interactive and dynamic
content to your webpage - you can have your own WWWBoard
to let your users interact, run your own website poll, or
keep track of your visitors. You can not run CGI scripts
written in C++, Visual Basic, or some other language. |
| Host's
ads |
Each
page that you create is required to carry our advertising
HTML, which will load in an advertising banner. These banners
always will be limited to one standard-size (468x60) sponsorship
banner. The banner advertisements must be located "above
the fold" on your pages. "Above the fold"
is the uppermost viewable area within a browser window consisting
of 608x320 pixels. You cannot move the banner "below
the fold" on your pages. Alternatively, you may choose
pop-up ads. |
| Revenue
capabilities |
You
can swap banners or links with people; you just can't use
a CGI script to do it. You can not RUN YOUR OWN banner exchange
like Link Exchange. |
| Additional
capabilities (totally) |
| SSI |
Not
declared |
| Security |
HyperMart
has SSL certificate for each server so that its members
can use of a secure server. |
| FrontPage |
Front
Page extensions are supported. Access to install the latest
FP extensions on your account. |
| Frames |
Currently
those members using frames must use the pop-ups not banners. |
| Removal
if idle |
Pages
are subject to removal, if there is no activity (hits or
edits) on the page for 15 days. |
| Other
restrictions |
They
are no longer allowing users to join Hypermart that are
using an email address at hotmail.com, or at many of the
other free email providers. |
| Comment |
Note
that this service is provided for BUSINESSES ONLY. No personal
home pages. Other features: Unlimited Web site traffic,
access to your raw log file and pre-processed stats reports,
your own newsgroup on our servers, email-based support,
many member utilities to help manage your account &
secure server for SSL transactions. |
http://www.hypermart.net
10/16/99
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